More than a New Country: Effects of Immigration, Home Language, and School Mobility on Elementary Students' Academic Development

Few studies have quantified the effects on academic performance; none has investigated, as this study does, the effects of immigration, home language, and school mobility on academic development over time. What makes this study unique is its melding of sociological and psychometric perspectives – an...

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Main Author: Broomes, Orlena
Other Authors: Childs, Ruth A.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/26411